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Mphoko's son granted bail
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela, has been granted $15 000 bail by the Bulawayo High Court after staying a week in remand prison for allegedly raping a minor.Judge Ma...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Inkotha sihlangu, uMqeqenshi uMthuli Ncube uthi uMnangagwa yiNkosi yakhe!
I have always thought bootlicking is done by people with little or without education at all. To see a professor who has served in highest international institutions such as London School of Economic a...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 20:04hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Ndebele Chiefs are the problem and Obert Gutu is the scapegoat
As far as I can remember, our Chiefs have been a problem since this country was colonized by "those without knees", the British colonial master. During the colonial times, the Chiefs were the better h...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Brief Treatise for my Beloved Sister Nomazulu Thata
Just to briefly put our differences in perspective, I am forwarding a few words for you to consider ahead of our conversation. I have always valued and still do, your deep and ingenious analytical ski...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 13:04hrs | 1 | by Anonymous Writer
Comrade Albert Matapo further exposes himself: Cannot stand critique!
This is exactly what we mean when we say we have too many pseudo revolutionaries in our midst masquerading as genuine liberators of our time. It is desperation to entertain Matapo's dreams about the f...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 17:59hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
An open letter to all former Zipra cadres - Response to comments from the president of the MLF
17 December, 2020 Comments on any presentation, debate and indeed on any other body of ideas put forward are one of the cornerstones of what makes us human. It is through such engagements that...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 21:40hrs | | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
MLF mourns the loss of Mr J.B.Silonda - MLF
MLF convey condolences to the family, friends relatives and the Mthwakazi nation on the untimely passing on of our dear freedom fighter. Mr Silonda passes on at a very bad time in our history as Mthwa...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:11hrs | | by MLF
Mphoko loses control of Choppies
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko and his son Siqokoqela Mphoko have no financial or operation say in the business of Nanavac Investments which owns 51% of Choppies brand in Zimbabwe , th...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:05hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Modi scales up Mnangagwa bootlicking'
Mthwakazi Republic Party has accused Bulawayo South MP Raji Modi, the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, of bootlicking President Emmerson Mnangagwa to another dimension.Party Pre...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 14:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Movie style robbery at Mpoko's Choppies
SIX gun-toting men raided Choppies Supermarket in Bulawayo's Pumula South suburb before getting away with more than $700 in a two-minute movie style robbery.Witnesses said the suspects entered...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Call for Mnangagwa to be president to white farmer & vendor too
When Mnangagwa was sworn into office, he promised to be the president for all "regardless of colour, creed, religion, tribe or political affiliation". I should also urge...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Memory Chatambudza
Nothing amiss about MDC-T lawyers representing Zanu-PF clients
In the expanding anti-corruption crackdown on the country's political elite, several erstwhile senior ruling party members have been arraigned in the purge being pursued by new President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Gift Phiri
'Khaya Moyo for VP'
THE opposition Zapu has thrown its weight behind Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo to land the post of Vice-President in line with provisions of the 1987 Unity Accord.Zanu-PF's two VP post...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF has one centre of power,' claims Grace Mugabe
First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe's address at the Presidential Youth Interface in Bulawayo yesterday.SalutationsNdinonyanya kutenda VaChipanga nekuronga kwamakaita. Ndaona futi zvakakodzer...Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe leads race for VP
First Lady Grace Mugabe stands a good chance of becoming one of the country's vice presidents in the event that Zanu-PF succeeds in introducing a quota system in its presidium by amending the party's ...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa was poisoned because he says so
Mpoko as a vice President must know that there is something called Patient-Doctor confidentiality. Mugabe could summon the doctors to his offices all day but under no circumstances will the doctors sh...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 16:35hrs | 7 | by Sam Wezhira
Zimbabwe, no country for young man
Zimbabwe, no country for young manMy paternal grandfather, fondly referred to as vaGumbo- Madyirapazhe died at the ripe old age of ninety nine ( may his soul rest in peace). One thing he was k...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 22:27hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Zimbabwe must brace themselves for a real opposition political outfit
The incessant bickering among opposition and many other serious missteps by the Zimbabwean opposition leaders have left me with no choice but to launch a smart opposition party by September 2017. The ...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 22:03hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
The Law of 'Diminishing Returns' is sinking Mugabe and his ZANU-PF regime
President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF is at loggerheads with the Law of Diminishing Returns, an economic concept that asserts that after a certain point further investment (or effort) does not incre...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 19:19hrs | | by Pythias Makonese
Grace Mugabe on Succession: Is this the beginning to an end?
Just about a month ago, War Veterans Minister Cde Tshinga Dube was rebuked for suggesting that President Mugabe must consider naming his successor to avoid confusion surrounding the ongoing succesion ...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 21:10hrs | | by James Katso
Mphoko must stop outrageous remarks about Gukurahundi
MDC-T Bulawayo acting spokesperson Felix Mafa Sibanda has said Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's outrageous utterances about Gukurahundi genocide must stop.He said Mphoko is abusing Gukurahu...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 07:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Time for a rebirth of Zimbabwean politics
The current crisis arresting the country revolves around the leadership question especially the failure to respond to problems including those of the state's making, it is a clear sign of the broken p...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 16:44hrs | | by Jacob Mafume PDP Spokesperson
Mphoko, a snake and an enemy of Mthwakazi Nation - MLF
It did not come as a surprise to us as to why Phelekezela Mphoko was recalled as the Zimbabwean Ambassador in South Africa and only to emerge as the third-highest man in that binary country. M...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 10:24hrs | | by MLF
Zanu-PF succession battle rocks cabinet
ZANU-PF factional and succession power struggles are now spilling into government business with ministers crossing swords in cabinet last week as the internal strife spiralled out of control....Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 18:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
If Twitter was an affidavit, Prof Moyo would be in gallows
It is almost natural in African politics to hang small goat thieves but elect the bigger thieves into public office. Our African parliaments can be easily mistaken for prison rehabilitation centres. W...Published: 04 Nov 2016 at 09:46hrs | | by Mangosuthu MJ Mbele
Mphoko donates to Nkayi hospital
VICE-PRESIDENT Phelekezela Mphoko and his family have donated a consignment of 10 beds and 100 blankets to Nkayi District Hospital in Matabeleland North.The Mphoko family who run Choppies supe...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Norton by-elections a sneak preview of the 2018 elections
Under the prevailing political environment, Zimbabweans would require neither a rocket scientist nor voodoo mathematical models to predict the outcome of 2018 elections. ZANU.PF has proven beyon...Published: 20 Oct 2016 at 18:50hrs | | by Ellen Shiriyedenga MDC Director, Planning, Strategy and Implementation
A United Zanu-PF is good for Zimbabwe
The recent statements by the First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe, who is also Zanu-PF Secretary for Women Affairs, clarifying the issue of having a woman to be one of the party's Vice Presidents, is not only ...Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 13:40hrs | | by Chadzimura Mhute
African 'liberation' movements have only themselves to blame for loss of support
I was amazed by a screaming headline in the Southern Times that cried, 'Apartheid around the corner', in an apparent desperate bid to make excuses for South Africa's African National Congress (ANC)'s ...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 13:11hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fire and arrest Mphoko, Mugabe urged
President Robert Mugabe should immediately sack and arrest Phelekezela Mphoko for allegedly defeating the course of justice.Recently, Mphoko caused a stir when he stormed a police station in H...Published: 24 Jul 2016 at 13:17hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
A lie cannot live forever
Dr Martin Luther King, the late American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement was on the nose when he noted that "a lie cannot live forever."...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 08:32hrs | | by John Sigauke
Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF have gone too far: Civil unrest on the brink
Zanu-PF's not-so-cleverly-hidden commitment to the people's plight has finally come out of the plastic paper bag, leaving human rights and the make-believe rule of law up in malodorous smolder. The ir...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 23:14hrs | 1 | by Chadya, Tapiwa Diamond
Open Letter to President Mugabe
Dearest President Mugabe, I was very happy to see you sitting together with your two vice presidents giving orders to those perceived to be fanning factionalism in ZANU (PF) and disrespec...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Sam
Unpacking and wrapping 2015 drama: MDC sets sight on future
As the curtain comes down on the eventful but wasted 2015 ,Zimbabweans should bury some of the ugly events of the past year and focus on the fruitful life without Zanu pf and Robert Mugabe...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 16:38hrs | | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Mphoko want banks to cut interest rates to at least 10%
The banking sector must reduce interests rates to at least 10 percent in order to remain relevant to the prevailing macro-economic environment, Vice President Phelekezela Mpoko has said.M...Published: 18 Oct 2015 at 12:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai, Robert Mugabe hate Ndebele people
Morgan Tsvangirai's failure to attend Mahlangu burial has nothing to do with the venues and characters that were claiming ownership of his body.It has a lot to do with tribalism and poor readi...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 09:27hrs | | by Gugugu Magorira Zvishavane
Mugabe created factionalism, now wife is losing rat-race he threatens the media
Charamba can deny there is no serious infighting going on in Zanu PF the truth is there is."He works so well with his two Vice Presidents and the two Vice Presidents work so well with each oth...Published: 11 Oct 2015 at 15:53hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ubaba UMpoko emgubhweni wenkosi
Khona kube liphutha elikhulu kakhulu,lokho okenzeke kumgubho wenkosi lonyaka.Udumo lomkhosi luyehlile kakhulu,kwaqonga igama lika Baba uMpoko.Mhlawumbe ubezama ukusiza akhombise Ubuntu Kanye noxha...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 09:38hrs | | by Mandla
Mnangagwa admits he is no nearer State House than one walking from China!
Last year, when VP Mnangagwa was sworn into as the first VP everyone thought that he was the crown-prince settling the Zanu PF succession question Mugabe has cleverly avoided for 35 years. Wit...Published: 29 Aug 2015 at 20:19hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'I've no presidential ambitions,' says Mphoko
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has distanced himself from any plot to succeed President Robert Mugabe saying he does not habour ambitions to become head of state.Vice President Mphoko was ...Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa not Justice minister'
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, but was simply assigned by President Mugabe to oversee the functions of the ministry in terms of the Constit...Published: 02 Jul 2015 at 08:31hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
SA needs black empowerment assistance, says Mugabe
The SADC Chairperson, President Robert Mugabe says the South African leadership needs assistance so that black people in the country are included in the mainstream economy for them not to resort to vi...Published: 20 May 2015 at 19:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
White farmers and the whole country alike, under siege from Mugabe's Office
This week one of the few remaining white commercial farmers in Zimbabwe, David Connolly (DC), owner of Centenary Farm, about 30km from Bulawayo was tracked down. Itai Mushekwe (IM), discusses with him...Published: 10 May 2015 at 09:20hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Arda revival in false start
The revival of the Agricultural Rural Development Authority estates seems unlikely in the near future after its offer to partner private farmers failed to find takers.Only two of ARDA's 21 agr...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 09:26hrs | | by Harmony Agere and Tinashe Farawo
Mphoko stole Maleme people's THUNDER!
Chief Ndiweni, now regards Mr Mpoko as a person with people at heart because of Maleme debacle.Of course we expected nothing less from him.The government was exposed and their double ...Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 10:29hrs | | by Clemence Nhliziyo, DARE Deputy Head Information And Publicity
Victoria Falls explodes as Mugabe arrives
President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Victoria Falls ahead of the 21st February Movement celebrations set for tomorrow.The president arrived in the company of the First Family, Chief Secretar...Published: 27 Feb 2015 at 19:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Birthday party hosted for President Mugabe
The office of the President and Cabinet today threw a belated birthday party for President Robert Mugabe, who turned 91 on Saturday, the 21st of February.Speaking at the colourful event in Har...Published: 23 Feb 2015 at 18:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
ARDA estates should be resuscitated
The recent visit by Vice President, Mpelekezele Mphoko, to the Agricultural Rural Development Authority (ARDA), Balu estate in Umguza, has opened a can of worms. The tomato canning equipment and...Published: 05 Feb 2015 at 08:40hrs | | by Stewart Murewa
Mugabe favours Mnangagwa to Mphoko
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has been out of the country since January on three occasions and in all instances has left Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa in charge, ahead of his counterpart Phelekezela...Published: 03 Feb 2015 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo's demands on vendors ridiculous
The MDC is deeply concerned with the demand made by the Ignatius Chombo that councils should curb the activities of informal traders at a time the Zanu-PF regime has failed to provide jobs for the pe...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 16:33hrs | | by Eddie Cross
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